Hog-ring



R. ROETHLISBERGER. Y

. HOGRING.

vAPPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1920.

1,372,247. Pawndmr. 22, 1921..

Y 32M.. fy 'lo UNITED STATES ROBERT ROETHLISBERGER, OF COLUMBUS GROVE, OHIO.

ROG-RING.

Specification of Letters .Patent Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

Application led November 16, 1920. Serial No. 424,439.

To @ZZ whom t may wacom.'

Be it known that l, Ronnie: Roma-rmsnnnonn, a citizen of the United States, re siding at Columbus Grove, in the county of Futnain and State of Ohio, have invented a nev.T and useful Hog-Ring, of which the following` is a specification.

This invention relates to nose rings to he secured to the noses of hogs to prevent `the hogs wearing the saine, from. rooting.\ l

rlhe primary oloject of the invention is to provino a nose ring having novel means to engage roots or other obstacles to move the ring1 in the nose, causing pain to the aninial.

A. still fnrther object of the invention is to provide Ineans for securing the ring to the nose in a inanner to eliminate any possibility of the saine becoming displaced, when the animal wearing the saine is rooting.

l/Vith the foregoing,v and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention'rcsides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it lacing understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may he made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring; to the drawingr Figure l illustrates perspective view of the nose ring;F constructed in accordance with the present invention, and showing the saine as applied.

2 illustrates a perspective view of the device. i

Referring' to the drawing; in detail, the device is shown as including oppositely disposed sections 5 and 6 respectively, cach seo tion comprising; laterally extending arms, extending in opposite directions.

rillhe arms forming a part of the section 5 are curved downwardly as at 7 to conform to the curvature of a hogs nose at the upper portion thereof, the arms also providing means to accommodate securing rings, by means of which the device 1s secured.

The section 6 has one arm extending downwardly a at 8, to overlie the forward portion of the snout, the lower endV thereof terminating` at a point adjacent to the Vmonth of the animal.

The opposite-ami of the section 6 is relatively straight. throughout a portion of its lenqth, one ond thereof extending,r at an Ule toward the opposed arm of the section to jilirovide a hook portion 9 adapted to enrage roots or similar obstructions to causo the device to nieve on the snout of the animal.

From the foregoing it is obvious that the device is constructed to closely fit over the sno'nt of an animal, the arms of the section 5 accominodating the rings l0 which are positioned in the flesh of the animals snout to eliminate any possibility of the device he- Corning? displaced.

Having' thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is .f-i. nose ring; comprising a body portion formed of sheet instal and including; op-

posed .sectionsa cach of C:aid sections including arms, the arms of one section being' curved downwardly to conform to the curvature of the nose of an animal, the ends thereof adapted to engage the side edges of the aninials nose, one of the arins ot the opposite section being curved downwardly to overlie the forward portion of an aniinals noso, one of the arras of the latter section. overlying; the upper portion of the animals nose and having` a hook portion formed at the end thereof. and ring inemhors elnflnfacing the dmvnwardly curved arms for secniingr the nose ring'.

In testimony that l' claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed niy siggnan turc in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT ROE' ll-lLISBERGER.

1Witnesses P. T. MULLEN, WILLIAM BEARDSLEY. 

